Hydroelectric List

1 Hydropower

http://www.eren.doe.gov/RE/hydropower.html

Hydropower benefits and research into helping maximize the use of hydropower but also minimize adverse environmental effects on hydrobiology.

2 How Hydroelectric Energy Works

http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/hyhowworks.html

Technical definition of hydropower converts the energy in flowing water into electricity where the quantity of electricity generated is determined by the volume of water flow and the amount of "head" (the height from turbines in the power plant to the water surface) created by the dam and the greater the flow and head, the more electricity produced.

3 DOE - Hydropower

http://www.eren.doe.gov/RE/hydropower.html

Department of Energys information includes the facts that hydroelectric facilities in the United States can generate enough power to supply 28 million households with electricity, the equivalent of nearly 500 million barrels of oil and the total U.S. hydropower capacity which is about 95,000 megawatts and researchers are working on advanced turbine technologies that will not only help maximize the use of hydropower but also minimize adverse environmental effects.

4 The Foundation for Water and Energy Education

http://www.fwee.org/

The Foundation is committed to providing balanced information regarding the use of water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest.

5 Maps: Hydroelectric power production

http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/graphicshtml/maphypower.html

Water for power usage map by USGS of the US shows hydroelectric power production in the 1990s.

6 US Bureau of Reclamation

http://www.usbr.gov/power

This bureau operates 58 hydroelectric facilities across the United States and site has facility maps, photos, and statistics. Bureau of Reclamation Hydropower Program The Bureau of Reclamations hydroelectric power program.

7 The Worlds First Hydroelectric Power Plant

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_hydro_1.html

History of hydroelectric facility which operated 1878-1889 on the dam across Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, the site of the first hydroelectric power plant in the world.